what is deforestation
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Deforestation refers to the decrease in forest areas across the world that are lost for other uses such as agricultural croplands, urbanization, or mining activities. Greatly accelerated by human activities since 1960, deforestation has been negatively affecting natural ecosystems, biodiversity, and the climate.
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The process of cutting down of trees for urbanisation or for other uses is known as deforestation. This leds to decrease in forest areas.
Affects - Deforestation is indirectly an cause for drought. Because if deforestation will be there then there will be soil erosion and in soil erosion the top layer of soil that is most fertile layer of soil gets eroded and then there will be lack of vegetation and then ultimately drought will occur.(It isn't a rapid process it takes time around 20 to 25 years)